Clinker-burner



J. COOK.

CLINKER BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26, 1919.

Patented July 8, 1919.

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JAY COOK, OF COLDWATER, MICHIGAN.

CLINKER-BURNER.

Application filed. February 26, 1919C Serial No. 279,462.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAY (10011, a citizen of the United States, residingat Goldwater, in the county of Branch and State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and useful clinker-Burner, of which the ,following is aspecification. j V r The device forming the subject matter'of thisapplication is a burner, adapted to be placed on the grate of a stove,furnace boiler fire box or other structure of a like sort for thepurpose of affording heat, and especially for the purpose of diffusinggas through clinkers or like material.

The invention aims to improve the construction of the burner, generallyconsidered, to improve the cooperation between the burner and the flamespreader, to provide means whereby the flame spreader may be adjustedtoward and away from the base of the burner, and to provide novel meansforfceding liquid fuel to the burner.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventionappertains.

With the above andother objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope ofwhat is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the inventionshown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

. Figure 1 shows an elevation, a burner constructed in accordance withthe invention, mounted on the grate, and assembled with the oil feedingmeans, parts appearing in section; Fig. 2 isa section taken through theburner proper, a portion of the grate appearing; and Fig. 3 is atransverse section looking downwardly upon the base of the burner.

In carrying out the present invention, there is provided a burner,.denotedgenerally by the numeral 4 and comprising a hollow base 5 havinga top 3 which is downwardly concaved as shown at 2. The base preferablyincludes a flat-bottom 50, whereby the base is supported immediatelyupon the grate 1 of a stove, furnace, boiler fire box or otherstructure. The top 3 of the base 5 is supplied, preferably, with asingle per foration 7 located at the lowermost portion Specification ofLetters: Patent.

Patented July 8, 1919.

of the concavity 2 of the top. The top 3 is supplied with dependingbosses 51 into which upstanding supports 8 are threaded,

the supports preferably being in the form of rods! I The numeral 9denotes a flame spreader and it may have a flat top 54:, thelower-surface of the flame spreader being conveXed, as

shown at 52, to conform to the concavity 2 of the top 3 of the base 5.The supports 8 pass slidably through the flame spreader 9 and the flamespreader is held on the supports 8, for'vertical adjustment, toward andaway from the base 5, by means of nuts 10 on the supports, the uppernuts 10 coacting with the flat upper surface 5% of the flame spreader,and the lower nuts 10 coacting with the recesses 53 formed-in the lowersurface of the flame spreader.

A pipe 11 is connected as shown at 6 with the base 5 and opensthereinto, the pipe leading to the tapered lower end 55 of a tank 13having a tapered top 57. A valve 12 is interposed in the pipe 11. Apiston, denoted generally by the numeral 56, operates in the mounted inthe body portion of the tank, the

head being carried by a stem 15 slidable in l the top 57 A platform 16is mounted on the upper end of the stem 15 and is adapted to receive aweight.

In practical operation, the burner, sup ported on the grate 1, issurrounded by clinkers or other incombustible material. If, however, theclinkers are still combustible to any extent, the combustible materialwill be burned away, thereby effecting asaving of fuel, and leaving theburner surrounded by a mass of non-inflammable material. When a weightis placed on the platform 16,

the stem 15and the piston head 14 are forced downwardly, therebyeffecting a feeding of" the oil through the pipe 11, the flow of oilbeing regulated by the valve 12. The oil passes into the hollow base 5and is converted into gas. The gas issues through the opening 7 and isdeflected by the member9 into the surrounding clinkers or otherincombustible material, the gas, of course, be-

ing ignited. The result is that there is upon the grate 1, a-bed of hotcoals resulting from the burning of the gas in the incombustibleclinkers or like material.

Any desired means may be employed for forcing the oil from the teal: 13to the burner.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

In a device of the class described, a hollow base having an imperforatebottom and a top conoaved downwardly from its periphery to its center,the top being provided with a perforation; means for admitting liquidfuel to the base; upstanding supports carried by the top of the base; aspreader adjustable on the supports toward and away from the base andhaving its lower surface convexed downwardly from its periphery to itscenter into approximate parallelism with the top of the base; andadjusting devices on the supports, the adjusting devices cooperatingwith the upper and lower surfaces of the spreader and being movablelongitudinally of the supports to adjust the position or the spreaderwith respect to the top of the base.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAY COOK. I

Witnesses:

CHARLES F. Howls, RUTH C. I'IOWE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

